... condition of having a proper printed I stamped paper, because the Government preferred getting ! a 6d. duty properly secured to them rather than a ss. duty which they only obtained in a very few instances. . The duty on le-insurance, imposed last year, he ...

... ee2n That until the abolition of tho Scotch Bible printing )f monopoly, the prico of Bibles in Scotlaned and England wiae, through the operation of the monopolies in both countries, ig very high; and that, in consequeuc of that abolition, the e, price was ...

... -The French Committee of Emancipation and the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, feel it to be their duty to take advantage of the presence in Parisof yourHighness, respectfully to call your attention to a question to the eolution ...

... information on the question of compounding, and the evils attending ita abolition, will be furnished from various towus. Article 3 of the new French Press Bill reduces the stamp duty on Paris papers from 6c. to 50. which gives & saving of 3,600 f. per 1 ...

... heavy blow given to our trade by the war in America, notwithstanding, too, the abolition of the duty on foreign-made paper, the Customs show an increase of £L368,223. The Stamps, too, on which bad tradei must always avec an ,-in-lious tendency, increased ...

... addressed by you on the 9th inst., to the Chancelor of the Exchequer, request. isg, with reference to the proposed abolition of the duties on wood and timber, that the officers of customs may be authorised to continue to measure wood goods as hereto- fore-a ...

... legacy duty to real property an to increase the duty on Scotoh and Irish spirits. By these and other changes he obtained an estimated surplus of over £E2,000,000. This sum he devoted to the repeal of the soap duty, the reduction of stamp ...

... on railways, savings banks, indigenous sugar, and kindred subjects. In was a member of the commission respecting newspaper stamps. He adhered to the revolution of 1848, and offered the advice of Lis experience to the Provisional (government, several members ...

... aiprotective ed differential dutly. The grand feature of the wine duty was ite pro. 111,1itotY power. The foreign duty was 5v . 10u., colonial duty IN., and there was a virtual excise duty of As. 2C . a gtsl~on, and the natural consequence, namely, great ...

... Company. Agents :—Mr. Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds ; Mr. Fisher, Otley and Mr. Barlow, 46, Darley-atreet, Bradford. ABOLITION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. 1. OLD BROAD-STREET, and 16, PALL MALL, LONDON. INSTITUTED 1803. CAPITAL £1 ...

... towards the expenses. BUT HOW STANDS TIHE FACT? Supposing that property paid half the income and pro- perty tax, half the stamp duties, half the assessed taxes, and all the land tax-though this latter impost, by a process as ingenious as that which has reduced ...

... Mr. THOS. DUNCOMBE opposed the abolition of the duty on this article. The small but intelligent body of I workmen would not object to foreign competition if the raw material came in duty free, but the Id. per package duty to r be levied would tell much ...